The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), the nonprofit organization that produces Mother Jones And Reveal, announced Thursday that he is suing Microsoft and OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement, following similar actions by The New York Times and several other media.
“OpenAI and Microsoft began scraping our stories to make their product more powerful, but they never asked permission or offered compensation, unlike other organizations that license our material,” Monika Bauerlein, CEO of the Center for Investigative Reporting, said in a statement. “This free-riding behavior is not only unfair, it is also a violation of copyright. The work of journalists, at CIR and everywhere else, is valuable, and OpenAI and Microsoft know it.”
CIR lawyers argue the trial that OpenAI and Microsoft were copying its content, undermining relationships with readers and partners, and depriving it of revenue.
CIR joins many others in filing lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. The New York Times has already spent $1 million on its lawsuit against the two companies. A group of eight publications owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, including the New York Daily News And Chicago TribuneEast also continuingwith The interception, Raw History, AlterNetAnd The Denver Post.
“We work collaboratively with the news industry and partner with global news publishers to display their content in our products like ChatGPT, including summaries, quotes and attributions, to drive traffic to the original articles,” said an OpenAI spokesperson. told CNBC about the CIR trial.
OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The edge.
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